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Ash Tree Farm The Common Mellis

1996/10Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 13 September 2010

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Proposed Agricultural Machinery Store

Received
28 June 2010
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Gislingham
  1. Received28 Jun
  2. Validated28 Jul
  3. Consult.18 Aug
  4. Target22 Sep
  5. Decided13 Sep

Decided in 47 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Ash Tree Farm The Common Mellis. Babergh Mid Suffolk has handled 5,907 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 4 weeks longer than Babergh Mid Suffolk's typical decision time. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Gislingham. We hold 1,281 applications in total for the IP23 postcode area.

90% of full applications at Babergh District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
IP23 8EB
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Mellis

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 July 2010
Consultation expiry
25 August 2010
Consultation start
28 July 2010
Consultation end
18 August 2010
Neighbour consultation start
28 July 2010
Last date for comments
18 August 2010
Target decision date
22 September 2010

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
4 August 2010
Site notice start
30 July 2010
Site notice end
25 August 2010

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: MellisPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Ash Tree Farm HouseOn this site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2013
    5 Feb

    Removal of 1 Silver Birch, 3 Ash and 10 Elm trees.

    ApprovedNotification: Works to Trees in Con Area0340/13
  2. 2011
    21 Jun

    Fell 1x Ash Tree, 1x Silver Birch Tree and 1x Willow Tree.

    ApprovedNotification: Works to Trees in Con Area2077/11
  3. 2009
    17 Aug

    Erection of cartlodge/ garden store with first floor storage area and erection of summerhouse.

    ApprovedFull Planning Application2532/09
  4. 2008
    23 Dec

    Replace existing modern poor quality lean-to with new lean-to extension to form utility room. Raise existing…

    ApprovedFull Planning Application4182/08
  5. 2008
    23 Dec

    Replace existing modern poor quality lean-to with new lean-to extension to form utility room. Raise existing…

    ApprovedListed building consent4183/08
  6. 2005
    7 Jan

    Replacement of (12) windows to main range of building.

    ApprovedListed building consent0094/05/

Source: Babergh Mid Suffolk

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